[perl #111924] [BUG] Negative-index Failure over-eagerly triggers even for Whatever-y indexings in Rakudo

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<felher> nom: my @array; say @array[4];
<p6eval> rakudo 1a468d: OUTPUT�Any()␤�
<felher> nom: my @array; say @array[*-1];
<p6eval> rakudo 1a468d: OUTPUT�Failure.new(exception =>
X::AdHoc.new(payload => "Cannot use negative index -1 on Array"))␤�
* felher hoped for 'Any', too
<masak> probably it's * getting expanded as 0, and then the failure
triggers (wrongly)
<masak> it could be argued that it should never trigger for whatever-y
expressions.
* masak submits rakudobug
<felher> \o/

• [perl #111924] [BUG] Negative-index Failure over-eagerly triggers even for Whatever-y indexings in Rakudo by Carl Mäsak